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Yanick Lander causes pandemonium in Roseau court

Dominica News Online - Thursday, February 14th, 2013 at 12:44 PM

Yannick Lander

There was pandemonium in the Roseau Magistrate’s Court this morning when murder-accused Yannick Lander attacked another prisoner.

Lander was brought in from the Stock Farm Prison on his murder charge.

According to our DNO court reporter, it took six police officers to tackle Lander and extract him from his bleeding victim.

Court proceedings have been temporarily suspended because of the incident.

Lander was charged with the murder of Dwayne Pinard of Castle Comfort in 2008 but was granted bail in 2010.

While on bail he reportedly attacked Kyle David and has been remanded in custody for that offense.

Sometime in December 2012, Lander was charged for attacking another prisoner in a Roseau magistrate’s court.

More on this story later.

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127 Comments

Like or Dislike: 00CALL DR PHIL FOR HIMSeptember 7, 2014

What I cant understand, as some people have said already, Why wasn;t the man in shackels?? WHY? The man took another persons life, Why was he even on bail? I am yet to understand what is going on with our legal system in DA? In Dominica it seems is who U know and who know U!!!!! Mr is not mad, he is not even nearly mad, He is not a stupid guy either, he is just playing the court system, He may have anger issues, but trust me, inside he is dying with laughter seeing how he is able to manipulate the legal system! I hope he will remain where he rightly belongs, regardless of who his parents are! SMH again! DNO leave my comment roll sup lay ok!

This sad, so very sad when a nation of mostly ingnoramuses cannot appreciate mental health issues.The guy is obviously very ill mentally and derranged.
An insanity defense is more than acceptable.
There are people in high places committing crimes against innocent citizens politically socilaly and economically.No constitution nor law can stop them. They grow more arrogant each day as the majority of opportunist with human faces support their crimes but would instead of seeking adequate mental health treatment are more at ease condeming a sick individual. Is the present psychiatrist in need of mental health treatment himself.Doesn’t he does he meet the critirea to put in his 5cent piece as the crusader on the sunday afternoon show would say.Dr.Benjamin step up to the plate and help an ignorant nation become enlightened on the pathology of this mental state of Lander. Failing to do so would only broden the net of the ignorant on island as another talk show host often says on Island (Angelo)Careless whisper says ignorance is kind but in this case it’s the reverse.DA is already doomed in more than one way this only moves us to the next level of dumbness like our ruling regime.
If the regime is dumb what can one expect from the electorate who put them there?
This issue is a clear ej of our continuous backwardness.We just culminated our season of peganism receive ashes and same day condeming a mentally ill guy who needs help.
If am wrong I don’t wanna beright ever.
Go arrest the real criminals in political office the lawyers and other prostituing D/can passports.

It breaks my heart so deeply to see Yanick involved in this mess with his life on a continuous downward spiral. I remember this guy from DGS. He even had a crush on me…such a sweet boy back then! Now I don’t know who is this manifestation of evil that brings tears to my eyes. I feel sad for his victims, sad for their families, sad for his family and so very sad for him!…I pray that the Heavenly Father intervenes so that something good can come from the remainder of his life.

I sorry but…people like that…cannot be put back into society anymore to walk among the rest of us. If the average person end up in a dispute with another…it might result to a fight or a few punches…but people like him…want to kill

its clear to see this young man is suffering from some sort of mental disease….
the guy he killed was his best friend.
and i remember that incident well, they were not even arguing or anything, there was no problem between them….

How many attacks do you need to keep this person locked up without having to see anyone? Why bail when you know there will be more crimes? This person knows that he will be out again so he do not care, come on system.

I feel so sorry for this guy that I can not help to entertain the negative comments.I sat in same class with this guy for so many years and he was so jovial and great to be around. I was full of humor, fun and excitement. I really do not know what went wrong. genuinely sympathetic.

How sad and what a shame he conducted himself in such a manner from Day 1 to today. A young and handsome man as he has wasted his life, damaged his reputation and may remain in prison for the rest of his life. He has tarnished his future.
Does he attack others with no provocation? Can he be rehabilitated? He needs to take an anger management course.
Lord, help especially those Dominican young men who live a life of crime/murder and waste their God-given precious allotted time also in futility. They are in dire need of help, most of all, yours.

I think it is so unfair the way people condemn you because of who you are, or who your parents are. This young man is sick. Any psychologist with half a degree would recognize this as a manic outbust of a Schizophrenic person. Are the prison officers ensuring that he is on medication, that his meds are being regulated and adjusted to meet his needs. Many people do not like this young man but if his illness is not treated, he will get manic again and this time it may be worse.

Hello. This guy murdered someone and he gets out on bail. He then attack and assault another person and he still out. His bail was then revoke and he was remanded but now he appeared in count and he attack someone in court. Well this guy has no respect for our court or laws and enforcement therefore I say put him in solitary confinement. Also if he must appear in court he must be shackled both by hands and feet because he has forfeited his right to be treated in a humane manner. The Department of correction should also tell him if he pull any such stunt or commit any crime in court he will suffer a serious accident.

He appears to be a dangerous person for his young age. He should be brought to Court in handcuffs and leg shackles. This is the only remedy for one as he who attacks others, be they prisoners. I hope he was not tantalized which caused him to act in this manner.

Hello, Judge not. Well I reside in New York but I was just in Dominica for carnival and I sure didn’t see him. I have no reason to be in a confrontation in Dominica with this guy but if I did I have a large family in Grand Bay and we won’t have any problem finding him. Also am retired from the lawenforcement field and if I run into a guy like him in NYC I know what to do.

i still cant believ its the same yannick i sat in class with…hmmpphhhh…honestly i dont think tht he is mentally unstable, he has mastered the technique of manipulation & he is using tht against the courts…soon he goin madhouse then he back out…our small country is soo corrupted tht its nt funny…hmmppphhhhhhh

Wow!! Sounds like even his parents should be afraid for him to be freed on bail or otherwise!!! He needs to be kept up there in solitary or put in a mental block!!! Well, if he is SANE, he is INSANE to be behaving in that way because he will eventually be sent to a madhouse where he will become mad!!!!

Sad but I am sorry only for his victim, the victim’s family and his parents and extended family who have to deal with the repercussions of this situation! Wow…….Da pregnant garcon!!

No his parents need not be afraid of him, most of what you see on display is their own doing. When you soutiweh and find you have to make every excuse, seek every avenue to have him out, they must not be afraid of him. The court should send him home to them and lock the 3 of them up in the house!!!

what sick him? the bla balen that doing that.. tar toe tar toe, yanike will meet his match one day and you will hear another story how he is a nice boy. mr. pinard son is gone never to come back again, he is still not asking himself a question and change his ways. But one day Mr Pinard will get justice for his son. Mr Pinard continue to pray and don’t stop burning the candle.

My heart goes out to this young man and his parents. To all those who are playing with the case trying to make it go down the drain, take heed. The children of Israel won many battles without lifting a sword.This one must be one by God and God alone. The glory is his no matter what. I know God is in control

I need to understand what point you are coming from before I give you thumbs up or down ? yes I feel sorry for him and his parents because they are human too , but what you mean about people playing with the case ? is it on his side or the victims side ? because if anyone playing with the case is on Lander side . The victim and his family are suffering much much more than Mr Lander..

This year 2013 will be five years since Duane died. Why the case cannot call? Why all the policemen were given leave on the first round when Behanzin was a magistrate in the court? Whe the case had to start all over again when only one witness was remaining on the stand?Why was Duane;s file removed from the court and sunddenly reappeared? Why is it that the court cannot tell MA Dier that even if she is there or not they are going ahead with the matter? Tell me don’t yousee something is wrong? They are really playing with the case.Look for Bail, but i am looking for God;s glory toshine on this matter. Sadly gone but in my heart forever.

Sad, sad story indeed. I pray that All the families involved would accept the Grace of God for the ability to deal with this situation.
Only God Himself can reveal Himself on the behalf of all those involved.

This guy is suffering from nothing else but DEMON POSSESION, he needs diliverance, the demons are even manipulating the law enforcers around him be careful folks most peoplein pshyc. are not mad they need dileverance,they GETmad in the pshyc.unit we are not fighting against the flesh but……Ephesians ch.6v12 ay the Lord send someone to help him out.

The point was that I believe he was formulating his defense and that he is very calculating. That makes him a man with “good sense” and reasonably sound of mind to figure that out!

Like or Dislike: 32AnonymousFebruary 14, 2013

much blame goes on the part of the authorities into whose care he should be and who should be protecting the public against such criminals. I strongly believe sometimes the police and prison officials are scared of these people. If u cant or dont want to do ur work get out and leave it to those who are capeable

So sad, i don’t know Yannick, but i know his father very well, he needs prayers, and he is the only one who can help himself, let out the negative vibes he have inside, but i think it will be difficult!!

I met this young man on a few occasions.He seemed quite fine to me in terms of he being cognizant of his actions. The sad part of it is that he is not helping himself by acting that way. It is apparent that his baby is going to be raised without a father. Yannick, your parents were considerate enough to be there for you. Why do this to your child. From my perspective, you do not care about anyone but yourself; not your parents who have sacrificed so much for you (I know your mother), not your own child, not the mother of your child, not your lawyer (you are putting him in a position where he can no longer be able to defend you), not the people who have been supportive of your situation. You know damn well what you are doing! Apparently your psychology isn’t working because there is no way out of this one. It’s now between you and God and you have a lot of praying and fasting to do for all the hurt, pain and undue stress that you have caused to others. Again, there is no other way out of this one, understand me? God is the ultimate judge of us all but I’m appealing to the court to be extremely severe when handing down its sentence. You have disappointed your own self. You have lost the fight to defend yourself before society. Before it is too late, try to prove yourself to God for he alone can redeem you from this one.

Ysnnick needs to be locked up and forgotten. He gets away with too many things. Isn’t he suppose to be under house arrest when he attacked kyle? Everytime he has to appear in court he does things to play mad so he won’t get punished for his crimes.

It’s time that those in authority get serious and do better than that,this individual is a very violent person and by not having him in hand cuff they are putting everyone in the court house in danger including the judge.

Yannick is not mad he is seeking attention and looking for a name in the streets as a bad man when he is only a big teddy bear with sheer size who use that to intimidate others.I hope they build a cell just for him because he will only cause more problems on the outside….

The lawyer will obviously plead either and/or provocation and claim that he acted in this way while the balance of his mind was disturbed and he is therefore not reponsibile for his actions. In that case I recommend secure confinement, with psychiatric care to safeguard the general public.
It can not be that people like this are let loose into society on the premiss of a disturbed mind.

Its starting to look like the authorities are afraid of this one, for the amount of things he’s done since his charge. smh Another person probably wouldnt of gotten away with this much. If they would do something aggressive enough I believe everyone would see the difference.

Will someone please call Dr.Taheed? This man needs to be treated by Doc Taheed.Who is the resident mad people doctor? call him/her.

Well-loved. Like or Dislike: 341MalgraysaFebruary 14, 2013

Boy, last year he was committed to the psychiatric unit and even then broke his conditions of bail. The amn is a menace and If anyone still doubts he needs to be removed from society they need a visit to Dr. Benjamin too!

He has a stoned face. If they give him a chance, and let him out ……….. If he could fight in court, he doesn’t care anymore about his life, much less anyone in society. Put him away and throw away the key,

He has to go to God, because is only he that could change his life, if he want to be changed.
Law enforcement, and the whole country as a whole should not keep their eyes away from this man. I work with law enforcement out of the country, and in the medical field, these people has so much rage and anger, and they do not care who they hurt. They get numb to pain. Lord please help.